Frankie Edgar, You should welcome Cruz back.

Sure he is a great fighter, but he does not deserve all the attention, nor all the title fights he acts entitled too.

In MANY peoples opinion he beat the LW champ and the FW champ in his last two fights. He's a top 3 fighter in both divisions. I guess I'm not sure why you think Edgar getting attention is such a problem.

Edgar is much better p4p than Couture ever was. Couture was the most overrated fighter I can think of. I guess he was good for the old days of the UFC but he had no business fighting guys like Machida. I mean the dude got the crane kick to the face KO, I thought Karate Kid made that up.

Edgar is a total beast and is the only person who has even remotely challenged Bendo and Aldo. He arguably won the fights as well, not IMHO but I could see how people would say he did. Edgar is an extremely dangerous guy and he's dangerous in 3 possible weight classes. How could a possible BW dominate at LW? It's really unheard of and Frankie deserves all the respect in the world because of it

Florian was ok but never really had what it took to be a champ. He fought at 4 different weight classes between his Time in TUF and his last fight but never was able to get a belt. Edgar has already been a champion and has been closer than Florian to becoming champ again.

Where is all this Edgar hating coming from? He's put on some of the best fights in recent memory and if he just had a few things go his way in the octagon he would be talked about as being one of the best in the UFC instead of the joke some people think he is

Edgar is much better p4p than Couture ever was. Couture was the most overrated fighter I can think of. I guess he was good for the old days of the UFC but he had no business fighting guys like Machida.I mean the dude got the crane kick to the face KO, I thought Karate Kid made that up.
Edgar is a total beast and is the only person who has even remotely challenged Bendo and Aldo. He arguably won the fights as well, not IMHO but I could see how people would say he did. Edgar is an extremely dangerous guy and he's dangerous in 3 possible weight classes. How could a possible BW dominate at LW? It's really unheard of and Frankie deserves all the respect in the world because of it

That stuff on the crane kick was funny as hell.But on topic those are funny but bad comparisons.Ken-Flo? really? Now is the time to strike at bw 2 fights and then be wait'n for a champ that may have substantial rust and cracks in his previously inpenetrable game.

Homie will never wear another belt of the championship variety. Much like FABERtism, Edgar will keep getting title shots because the UFC wants him tone champ.

No offense buddy I normally like what you have to say, but that's one of the worst comparisons ever. He was already the champion of a highly competitive division after two wins over the best LW ever, and he has been competitive in every fight he's had in the past 5 years fighting guys that were way bigger than him. Now he's finally in a division that he's built for and he's only had ONE fight. It just happened to be against the greatest fighter ever to fight in the Featherweight division. Oh and he's only 31 years old, so there's still lots of time for him. He also has the heart of a champion/drive to win.

Florian was a decent all-round fighter but was never really championship caliber, which was proven when he finally got into the title fights against Sherk/Penn/Aldo. Florian might've lasted 5 rounds with Aldo but in no way was he ever actually going to win that fight. It was a one-sided show, just like the other two title fights he had.

He won the LW title on a s--- decision but clearly won the rematch vs a future HOFr....2 title fights

He then fought a war of fight scored a draw. I agreed with the draw decision. Then he murked Maynard in rematch...2 title fights

He loses to Benson, in a decision I agreed with, some viewed controversial. Then lost a decison to benson, I disagreed with...2 title fights

He then drops to fight a guy many view as a top 3 fighter in any weight class. He loses a very close decision, a few think was sketchy...1 title fight

7 title fights, with 3 losses in a row, makes me feel he needs to fight his way back to the top. No matter what any of us think about the decisions, it's time for him to fight a contender, not a champ.

Edgar is much better p4p than Couture ever was. Couture was the most overrated fighter I can think of. I guess he was good for the old days of the UFC but he had no business fighting guys like Machida. I mean the dude got the crane kick to the face KO, I thought Karate Kid made that up.

Edgar is a total beast and is the only person who has even remotely challenged Bendo and Aldo. He arguably won the fights as well, not IMHO but I could see how people would say he did. Edgar is an extremely dangerous guy and he's dangerous in 3 possible weight classes. How could a possible BW dominate at LW? It's really unheard of and Frankie deserves all the respect in the world because of it

Couture was the greatest tactician that this sport has ever seen. Far from overrated. He used what skills he had to the best of his ability and came up with the best method to win. Don't forget that the difference between fighting 10 pounds over your natural weight class is a lot different than fighting 60 pounds over. Winning the Heavyweight title as a 220lb man is practically unheard of, nevermind winning it twice.

I think Edgar is a better overall fighter, but please don't say Randy Couture was an overrated fighter just because of his record or that he got crane kicked by Machida. Highlights of his career include beating up Chuck Liddell/Vitor Belfort/Kevin Randleman/Tito Ortiz when they were all in their prime, and winning the LHW/HW titles twice each. I don't care how long ago he did it, that is still an amazing feat even in these times. He's also the oldest fighter to win a fight in UFC history...and he went on a 3 fight win streak before getting pulverized by Machida - who is still in his prime and that fight wasn't really fair to begin with.

In MANY peoples opinion he beat the LW champ and the FW champ in his last two fights. He's a top 3 fighter in both divisions. I guess I'm not sure why you think Edgar getting attention is such a problem.

No, no he did not.

He lost all of those fights. It is time we stop talking about "many" peoples opinions and start talking about the ones that matter. The judges, Frankie lost those fights. He has had one decisive win in three years. He always gets up their at the end of fights and whines that he won the fight, but bouncing around at the fifth round does not mean you won the fight when your opponent whipped your *** for the 4 rounds prior.

I'm tired of hearing Frankie Edgar and title when the guy has lost three straight fights. How about winning one before we start talking about title again.

For those who are commenting as if I am calling for an immediate shot at Cruz then lets revisit .Cruz is out ,injured indefinitely,in between a fighter the caliber of Edgar having lost only close dec. to Bendo and Aldo needs to take a fight against the likes of Faber or Zombie then get the Baero fight which is a favorable fight for him imo then having earned that shot be the first to take advantage of a returning champ who may be somewhat rusty and devoid of that signature elusiveness .

Why does it have to be Edgar that welcomes him back?,surely it would be the interim champion(whoever that may be) that will be fighting Cruz, considering he never lost the belt in the first place. The only way this happens if Edgar is the champ at 135,but he's not moving down for now,so I predict he'll stay at 145 for a little longer yet.

I think Edgar is a better overall fighter, but please don't say Randy Couture was an overrated fighter just because of his record or that he got crane kicked by Machida.

I think getting crane kicked and having a 19-11 record definitely takes him out of any legend talk. I said he was good for his time but that was almost like the NBA when they wore short shorts, just a different time.